We began our trip in Italy, in Venice, on April 26 and visited Milan, Florence, Siena, Rome, Pompeii (with a quick drive through Naples), Positano on the Amalfi Coast, and the island of Capri. Italy was our favorite by far.

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Above: Positano on the Amalfi Coast. Right: A baroque sculpture in the courtyard of the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, in Florence. This courtyard also holds 4 original panels by Bellini from the Baptistry doors and is said to be where Michelangelo carved David.
Left: Participants at a medieval ceremony at Piazza della Signoria in Florence, with a copy of David visible in the piazza through the door, the original location of the statue. Above: Looking down onto the marble floor from inside the great dome of St. Peter’s in Rome. From up here, you can touch the golden mosaics of cherubs.
 
 
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